Planooraph co



4ri. A. TANNAS.

SELF FEEDING CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I0 |919.

I1 813,61 3. A Patented Aug. -19, 1919.

i Y 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

y F I n wn- ,7 I I g L f1 l l# gi/ Snom/woz THB COLUMBIA PLANDURAPH ca.. wASHlNdroN, D. c.

E. A. TANNAS. SELF FEEDING CONTAINER.

y APPLICATION FILED MAY l0. I9I9.

1,313,613. P9tentedAug-191919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

THE tnLUMBlA PmNoaR/LPH C0.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

cZZfwiQini/t.mag/Concern: :v y il, eXit known thatel, EINAR A. TANNAS, a

, Dkota,r`have invented certainjnew nd useful f Improvements in Self-Feeding `panyir-1gvdrawingsvk n y l ,n hls'tjinventlon @relates to@l containers for d, .certandquantity ofrtliematerial 'and disi, -chargeit littleby little uponfthefeedtrough 'or' ottonrgof the deviceas required. i

his characterwhichfis 'particularlyrv adapted overfthe'ield, being washed away by rain, orfcoveedfwithfmudw this claracter'rnadeofmetal and so designed that the'cover is locked `in placefrom accit eground' single anchorin means.

` `further obj ect; 'is to providT Figure: 1 a rspectivewviewiof a conineraconstructe .z

d 4afverticaljtransversesection of they :efyfingmhese*drawintwin be geen mycontainer is oblongrln form and con- Sistsof` al)ott'om` 10 and;y integral side walls 11.

are bent back (uponthemselves, as; at 14 to'fprovide a" vertically eixtending groove l TAiINs', ois

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tizen oftheUnited States, residingy at Ami yf Y l@in the county of 'DividefandgState of: l

f'termined distance.

.COn ainers`,;,of whichthe following is a specify Ication, "referencefgubeing had v to the .,accomf v larly a'nged, as at 20, the lower portion of holding granular materials,gand .particularly j to #aT "container ,so cnstiucted that it will hold y. e rotectthematerialgheing vfed fromthe con-j. tai/nen.iandpreventE it-` fromv being 'scattered f ffutheraobj ect" is to provide aA device `of ldlrlentajl'openingy fand thecontaineris held to,`

. H M e adeviceof jt 1s character., l having; such details' of con-J f struction 4tlisagtfizhe :container may be cheap-lykk rmed and-put together without theuseof Myfzimfenioa igsf'inusmted in the @mm-y inaccrdajnce with my` inf 2 (aperspective,viewjofone inemr,

' rapist geen litter/heinegraf" The rides are yformed' withV endfanges l2 ,Y and y e bottornifwith an end Hnge13. These lit thefllan'g'es' 12, las illustrated 4,in

on eachsi'de'" wall."`a y The front and reariwalls esignated 215,5 and kplareidentical. in form.y

wall, as illustrated ini Fig! 2, i'slformed y' y OFFICE f -sELr-rnnnr1ve CONTAINER.

Patented Aug. 19,1919.

*f Appncatmn'ma Mavyio, 1919*.yseiia1`na 296,267.

of two plates or sheetsY of metal, one of these plates' 16'k having inwardly turned flanges 17 on; itsy sidel margins, thesev kflanges extending downward from thetop of the plate a preden Below kthese iianges, the plate is. angularly bent, as at 18. Sliding within the bent margins 17 of the plate 16 is av` plate 19, the upper end of which is anguythe inwardly turned margins 14 of flanges 12 inthe manner illustrated in Fig. 4. The

-Walls115 are slippedr downward into place, f

,` with the yangular portions or water-sheds 19 projecting `outward and the angular portions 18'1rprojecting, inward until the flange 2O strikes ythe upper ends of the flanges y12. When both'walls 15 are in place, the side Iwalls ll'are locked together from any outwardz movement. Of course, the front and rearwallsv 15 are locked from any inward 'movement.` Thus, the structure is securely rbraced from deformation.vr The portions 18 of the side walls extend downward and toward eachfother to form a hopper-shaped flower end tothe upperportion of thek receptacle, the edges of ,these portions 18 being so yspaced from each other as to permit. grain f or otherfood'in 'the upper portion of the re.-

Yceptacle being discharged .in small amounts intorthelower portion of thef receptacle, but preventing the whole body of the gram from :so descending. v

*l l'lhebottom 10 is provided immediately beneaththe space 23-between the lowerends of the portions 18 vwith a perforation 24. A

y cover '25'is provided whose margins are inwardly bent, as 'at 26, to engage over the angularly turned flanges 20 and-slide thereon, `andthis` cover is provided at one end with "a perforation 27 which, 4when the cover 1s 1n yplace, 'alines with the perforation 24 so that a wirelanchoring rod `28-` mayy be inserted down through these perforations and driven into the ground, this wire rod thus holding ethe v'cover 25 in place a ainst accidental rekmloval and anchoring t e container t0 the ground! j IE regard ythis as preferable; but it is, of course, possible to drive a pin or other anchoring device down through the f perforation 24 so that its headV is belovv` the npper' end of the casing and then put `ori- -the cover. In this case, the cover is not formed with the perforations 27 and 24C,

` It'wi'llbe seen'tliatiny device isvery effective for the purpose of holding grainorother taken awa-y at 'the bottom. The 'separate parts from which the containerismade may have the marginal 'folds ormedin'them at the `/factory and be shipped in :a flat'or knocked-'down condition, 'andvthen itis an easymatter to bend.'L the side 'walls of `the containerlup fatrightangles to the bottom and connect'-fthe 'parts asl heretoforede# scribed. Thus the devi'cemay be 'very comL pactlyy 'shippedx p VVhile thisl device is fadaptedlto befused for yholding granular foods =or material 'oli' any kind land for any purpose', it is particularly'designed asa holder for grain soaked with gopher poison, where itis particularly desirable that-the poisoned'grain shall be protected from dust, raingf'or from vbeing blown away.

1.- A container of the characterdescribed having 1a bottom and side walls, fthewfront and rear@ margins' of 4the F side -'walls being bent 'toward each other to form langes,front and? frea'r walls 'each consisting of Ktwo plates ofI metal, one of the plates having marginal ll'angesextendingf' downward from its upper end a ldistanc'e'lless' than Ithe length `Aot f the plate and engageable with the'llanges on thefsidef'wall 'and being angularly bent below these flanges, theotherplatelat itsllower end being angularly bent in'` divergent relation'fto the i `first named`V angular bend, 'the upper endf'fof oneof said yplatesbeing'angularly flanged, said llange forming a-sto limitingt the downward movementwof the ront-^or-rear plate 'with reference 'to the side wallsfand a 'cover lhaving-slidingen- 'gagement with 'said' last'named flan-ges'.H

e 2.1 A1 container of thev character described vhaving a 4bottom andsidewalls, the lside margins `oli the'side walls being-:bent -ton ward' eachv other to' forml ilanges, the margins 4'bfsaid' =lianges being inwardly-f and laterally' bent, front and rear walls each consisting of two v.plates of metal, one of the plates having `marginal, inwardly turned flanges eX- tending.- downward from its upper end a distance less than the length of the plate and the plate being angularly bent vbelow these flanges, the other plate having Ysliding engageinentuin=fsaid laterally bent flanges and at its lower end being angularly bent in divergent relation -to the firstnamed angular ben'd,-theY sidel edges of the"v plate? being notchedtoacoommodate the flanges of thc sidefwalls,^and the secondffnamed `plate'of the front 'walllbein'g angularly--liangedfat 1 its :upper end, th'e'llangev vforminga stop limiting the `downwardmovement off 'the frontl or rear plate with reference to the side walls, and a cover having inwardlyfextend'- ing marginal flanges slidinglyengaging the f last named flanges.l

43L A container ofthe character l'described comprising a bottoml Vand side walls,l the' botL tom wall having Iupwardly '.extendingfmar'- ginal flanges, thelsidewalls having inwardly extending marginal flanges,` the Vmargins of said flanges beingbent laterally," front and rear: walls having their margins bentto engagethe reb'ent margins of said flangesiand having :flanges at= 'their upper 'ends limiting the' downward movement-of tlie'frontland rear walls, said front and rear wallsfbeing lessin length than Ithe side-wallsand formed to provide inwardly and 'downwardly =eX` tendingfconvergent portionslforming 1a hop# per-'shaped bottom for the upper portion lof the container and" discharging material downward onto vthe bottom of/the container, and a covery having slidingengagement with said' uppery la-nges'- 'of' ythe front' and' -rear wallsi 4u A' container ofthe character described comprising a bottom land sidewallsgtheA bottomwall having `upwardly extending marginal flanges,thesidewallsfhaving inwardly extendingmarginalflanges the margins of said llaiiges being :bent laterally,7 front and rear walls having their marginsV bent-to slidingly engage the -'rebentmargins off'said flanges and having flanges at their lippen ends.4 y limiting :the downward *movement of the front and rear walls, said frontend-'rear walls-being less in length than thejs'ide walls and' formed to provide inwardly `--and downwardly: extending yconvergentA portions and outwardlyfanddownwardly divergent portions constituting `water f sheds; I:and -v a cover having sliding 'engagement with said upper flanges' of the front and rear walls.

5.5'A- container ofthe character-'described having :a bottom andsidewalls Vo'rmedof oneipiece' of sheet metal, the side wallsbeing bent x upward `atrig'ht kangles to\'tl1e bottoni, the `front 'and' rear `margins of lthe bottom being bent upward to form angespthelfront I -andarear margins of =the=sidefwal1s being la@ consisting o'f'two plates'of metal, one ofthe flanges extendin downward from its upper atitsllow'erend being angularly bent in dibentiitoward eachother to form flanges, the iargnsof said flanges being inwardly andk laterally bent, front and rear walls eajchf "plates having marginal,y inwardly turned`` tenda distance essl than the length ofthe v`atea'nd being angularly bent below these flangesythe upper plate having .sliding en-` gagement in said laterallyfbent flanges and yergent relation tqtherst named angular Y bendythe sideiedge i lof the plate being, notched to `aeeommoda the ilangesofy the f iside walls, and said'second named plate of 15 fthe front wall being angularly flanged, said flange forming a stop limiting the downward movement of the Afront or reary plate 'fwithreferenoe to the side walls, and a cover yhauling inwardly extending marginal flanges 20 Lslidingly'engaging1 the last named flan es.

Intestiinony w ereof I hereunto a X my signature lin the presence of two witnesses.

-EINAR A. TANNAS.

Witnesses:

T. W. CAHlLL, H. H. LOHMEYER.

odlllrofithis potent befbtl'lnedhfor vlive tenti eaeh,y by addressing the kComlrliSSiOllLel 0f Patenti,

. l f Washington, D. 0. 

